Posted on 11/09/2018 1:38:30 PM PST by sickoflibs
Stacey Abrams lost.
You may remember her — she’s the lady who wanted to ban the most popular hunting rifle in America for confusing reasons (for example: it’s dangerous) yet who wouldn’t answer questions of confiscation (twice, covered here and here).
Also let by the wayside on Tuesday: Florida’s Andrew Gillum. He’s the mayor of Tallahassee who was vying for the governorship.
Abrams was shootin’ for the same, in Georgia.
The two have a couple things in common: they’re Democrats, and…
brace yourself…I know this is triggering…
they’re black.
Yes. Black.
Take off your hoods and let that sink in.
We all know the reason black politicians lose when they’re Democrats: abject racism.
o confirms Bernie Sanders, who said as much to The Daily Beast in an article Thursday:
“I think you know there are a lot of white folks out there who are not necessarily racist who felt uncomfortable for the first time in their lives about whether or not they wanted to vote for an African-American. I think next time around, by the way, it will be a lot easier for them to do that.”
Say WHAT????
White voters are “uncomfortable” with a candidate being black?
He “[thinks] you know.”
We all know…right?
You know how, when you’re standing in that booth, and you know you agree with all the politician’s positions, and you’re completely onboard with them leading the way, but then you think, “Oh holy cow, wait — they’re BLACK.”
You know how you do that?
Bernie Sanders knows.
The Beast article is titled “Bernie Sanders on Andrew Gillum and Stacey Abrams: Many Whites Made ‘Uncomfortable’ Voting for Black Candidates.”
I have a better title: “A Really Stupid Idea.”
Somehow, Irish white guy Robert “Beto” O’Rourke got mentioned in the piece about racism against relegated candidates. I guess all you have to do is change your name to make it into the discussion?
“You look at Beto O’Rourke. Running in, you know, what is generally considered to be a red state. Enormous excitement. Enormous citizen participation, young people participation. Broke the bank in terms of small contributions that he got. Came within a hair of winning in Texas.”
More on racism from Bern:
“I think [Gillum is] a fantastic politician in the best sense of the word. He stuck to his guns in terms of a progressive agenda. I think he ran a great campaign. And he had to take on some of the most blatant and ugly racism that we have seen in many, many years. And yet he came within a whisker of winning.”
Why the racism talk? Why????
As pointed out by The Daily Wire’s Emily Zanotti, Obama took Florida in in both 2008 and 2012. Did Barack’s legacy turn the voters back to just lovin’ whitey?
The Left is absolutely obsessed with race (here, here, and here). And the tired preoccupation has now become the too-worn excuse at every turn. How does Bernie explain when a white person loses? What about Hillary? Oh yeah — she’s a woman. #2 obsession/excuse.
At some point, Democratic voters are going to get tired of the lame excuses for bad candidates with lackluster positions.
Until then, buckle up; there’s a sign in the distance: “Goofiness Ahead.”
Martin O Malley for 8 years governor of my state raised tax after tax fee after fee.
Yet Maryland Black men couldn't stand him. I met a few who told me.
And the black women(from what I could tell) liked Clinton.
“White Voters Are ‘Uncomfortable’ Voting For Blacks”
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That’ll come as a huge surprise to Barak Obama and Doug Wilder.
Fixed it.
We voted for a Black President twice.
“What’s this `we’ business, paleface?”
Anyway, is Georgia governorship also headed for a recount? Real question.
NO, dumb-ox, Bernie! We do not vote for dims/libs/left-wingers/progressives/socialists/communists/authoritarians/totalitarians or others of their ilk - regardless of race, creed, religion, etc !
Isn’t Vermont the whitest state in the Union?
That sounds outright racist
'Liberal' is just a white supremacist code word for n...rs*
“I don't want any liberals living near me..” is just code for keep the ni...rs out!
* Actually had a black guy tell me that once
Hate to pop your mental ballon bubble BERNIE, but it isn’t the skin color but rather the politics that kept me and many of my contemporaries from voting for Mayor Gillum. Take a prior election with a lily-white candidate, a lifetime LEFTist of great provenance, Harvard Grad and tort lawyer, Rep. Alan Grayson of Orlando. He won 3 terms in Congress and was a highly active member of the Progressive Caucus there in those 6 years.
Thinking on the these two politicians, if I *had to vote* and could only vote for one of these two, i think I’d vote for Mayor Gillum, which destroys your pretentious and fallacious argument. STFU Sen. Sanders!
Maybe they don't like the cold winters...
What utter crap. If Col. Allen West runs for office, I’ll be there with bells on.
All the Dem party has left is fraud and playing stereotypes.
“yet this hypocrite lives in a white secluded neighborhood and NOT in or near tha hood’”
This hypocrite lives in a white,secluded STATE——with no “hoods” at all—————the whitest state in the Union.
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This. Especially those white, Republican strongholds of Ann Arbor, Detrout, Flint and Kalamazoo... /sarc
Let’s see...what do Andrew Gillum and Stacey Abrams have in common besides their skin color and party affiliation? Hmmm...let me think...what could it possibly be besides those two things that would keep people of any color from voting for them? I just can’t think of anything. This baffles me.
Oh, wait. Is it because they hate this country, ally with our enemies, want to take away your freedoms, remove your ability to protect yourself, take away your hard earned money via confiscatory taxes so they can spend it on things THEY want, and because they want to grow government and benefits for their constituencies far past any sustainable levels?
Could it be that, or are we all just racists at heart?
Conservatives would not vote for a candidate because he or she is black...which would be racist. (Which party does just that?)
We WOULD vote for a black person if they were qualified and strong. But that doesn’t play their race game.
LOL, Diamond and Silk...I smile every time I think of them lighting into that Leftist Turd Cenk Uygur when he patronized them!
No Bernie. I’m uncomfortable voting for communists
Wrong again, Comrade Bernie. A conservative black will get my vote every time. A commie of whatever color will not.
I bet most voters have no idea what what skin color people are or look like.Everyone is an alphabet voter nowadays R or D . You don’t even need to speak English to be an alphabet voter.I didn’t know Jealous was Black I did know he was involved with NAACP though but so was Rachael Dolazar.
So John James got 46% of the vote in Michigan even after being outspent 2:1. And none of the folks voting for him had the lighter shade of melanin in their skin?
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